Need help setting my gear up like someone I've followed on youtube!

[Noxey]

Hi guys,

I'm getting into recording, but I keep struggling with things coming up that set me back on my recording. I can't seem to decide on a technique or setup to get what I want.

I do want a live raw sound in my recording (if my equipment permits) for now, so that I can just sit down for an hour, record a song that I've been working on and upload it in a short amount of time. I do enjoy doing multi tracked recordings, but it's next to impossible for me to record video that matches up with the audio I've recorded, and since I don't have many cameras, and I'm doing this alone, editing each clip would become extreemly time consuming.

One of my favourite youtube performers has a setup that I think would be ideal, however I'm not well versed with recording equipment so I don't know how it works, or if my equipment would permit me to get similar results.

youtube[.]com/watch?v=7HXZXXntXOA&list=UUd_EcEDLWNysV9wu4ygUVfg&index=7&feature=plcp

I have a presonus firestudio project, and I'm running cubase 5.

The mic I have is the Senheiser e835, and I may be purchasing at3035 Audio Technica mic. ($150 with a stand, cradle and pop filter, good deal?) I was wondering if these two mics would allow me to produce something similar to what he's doing.

Also, is he just ignoring mic bleed and letting both mics pick up both sources and adding a slight reverb to the mic positioned for vocals?

I'm really new to this, and just trying to replicate his setup.

Any help you guys can provide is much appreciated!

 

[mjbphotos]

He's using what looks like a SDC (small diaphragm condensor) mic on the guitar, and a larger one for vocals. Bleed is not an issue, as long as you get the overall mix right, when you're posting what is essentially a stereo (almost mono) video.
Record into your DAW while running the video camera, then in your video software, just insert the audio track after you have mixed/processed it. Easy to line up with the camer'as audio, then mute the camera audio.

 

[Armistice]

I'd record it, then mime it and record the video a second time from a slightly different angle.

It can be difficult to keep video and audio in sync over extended periods, so this allows you to cut between two angles regularly to avoid any issues. Also makes the vid a titch more interesting.

Just an opinion.

 

[guitaristic]

You won't be able to mimic the sound he is getting if you've just got the Sennheiser dynamic mic and an LDC. You're gonna need another condenser, although if you balanced it nicely source-wise you might be able to get by with just one. Can't tell till you try

 

[Noxey]

I understand the sound quality won't be the same, considering his microphones are nearly 3 times the price of mine, but I was just wondering if I'd be able to produce something similar. I don't know if his mics allow him to avoid any bleed from vocals or guitar into the other mic. You can't really tell if there is bleed listening to both tracks at the same time.

I'm just determining whether I should buy the AT3035 condenser mic or not, or whether I'm better off just using one mic to record both vocals and guitar.

If I have both, would it be best to use the Condenser on my voice, and the dynamic on the guitar?